Liberals don’t learn. That’s the problem. One needs to admit and acknowledge a problem properly to resolve it. They will never admit their idiotic ways of thinking and policies are directly casually related. So they will do everything but resolve the problem.

I'd like to see portlands tax base, businesses and tax revenue. There's probably a point in the death spiral that's unrecoverable.

Meanwhile in Minneapolis…

I keep thinking that Minneapolis has taken their insanity as far as they possibly can…and then they don’t just double-down, they go all in.

City of Minneapolis resolution commemorates Ramadan, allows broadcasting of Muslim call to prayer

The call of prayer is allowed to be broadcast during the hours of 7 a.m. to 10 pm. during Ramadan, which begins Friday at dusk.

From the above article- I wonder how it would be received if Christian’s sought a permit to do the same with Christmas carols starting December 20th through Chrismas day?

Minneapolis is home to one of the largest populations of Somali and East Africans in the nation.
"To Muslims, it is something that indicates it's almost time to pray, and normally, they rely on apps, or cell phones, but actually hearing it is something that warms the peoples' hearts," he said.

Back in 2020, Mayor Jacob Frey facilitated a noise permit to allow the call to prayer to be broadcast by loudspeaker five times a day in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood for Ramadan during COVID-19 restrictions.
"For the elders that were living in those towers, to have a sense of community and make it through COVID-19," he said.
Council member Jamal Osman said in a statement posted on Twitter, "The Adhan is one of the most important parts of our faith, and the ability to do it during the day has been in the city's code all along."
The call of prayer is allowed to be broadcast during the hours of 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Although Ibrahim says its a step in the right direction, he says there's still a long way to go toward full inclusivity.
"We pray five times a day, not three times a day, and we hope that we have recognition by the city that we are including the morning and late night evening prayer, especially with the summer coming up," he said referring to prayers that happen before the 7 a.m. timeframe and after 10 p.m.
"But I think this is an opportunity for groups that feel unheard, to be seen and be heard," he said.
Ramadan begins at dusk on April 1.

{QUOTE - From the above article- I wonder how it would be received if Christian’s sought a permit to do the same with Christmas carols starting December 20th through Chrismas day? {QUOTE}

There are church bells that chime throughout the city, I don’t know their timing. My understanding is that was the catalyst of getting the call-to-prayer thing going.

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{QUOTE - From the above article- I wonder how it would be received if Christian’s sought a permit to do the same with Christmas carols starting December 20th through Chrismas day? {QUOTE}

There are church bells that chime throughout the city, I don’t know their timing. My understanding is that was the catalyst of getting the call-to-prayer thing going.

If true, it is an absurd comparison. Church bells serve to mark the time of day, not offer any kind of religious message- hence my comment about Christmas carols which do convey a religious meaning… much in the same way the Muslim call to prayer is clearly religious in nature. I’m betting that the Islamic community would be outraged by being “forced to endure” such an affront, but think theirs is perfectly fine.

Since the Islamic Call to Prayer sounds like agonized howling in pain to me, I would find it objectionable to be broadcast throughout the city. If limited to just the immediate area around a Mosque it would be OK.

flashguy

A couple of years ago, during the height of the “defund the police” movement, Baltimore stepped up municipal support for a program known as the Safe Streets anti-violence initiative.

the program chose to send out “violence intervention” workers to try to convince gang members to stop shooting each other, along with random members of the community.

The city recently conducted an internal review of the Safe Streets program and the results were published this week. They found the program to be lacking in oversight with the workers not having sufficient training to undertake this dangerous type of intervention. In response to these findings, Mayor Brandon Scott amazingly announced that he would be beefing up the program further with another $10 million

When you’re dealing with members of the gangs of Baltimore, particularly the known triggermen, sending someone out with a clipboard to talk some sense into them is a risky proposition, to say the least. In the past 18 months, three of the “violence intervention” workers have been killed, with the last one being gunned down in January of this year. Also, many of these intervention specialists are former gang members themselves. That sounds great in theory, but you can never be entirely sure how “former” a former gang member is.

Baltimore has seen more than 300 shooting deaths each year for the past seven years.

seven years ago. 2015 Remember Freddie Gray and Marilyn Mosby prosecuting 6 police officers ?

Many of the officers on the streets have complained to union leaders that morale is still low and some of them are not inclined to get out of their squad cars for fear of having Marilyn Mosby try to throw them in jail if a suspect so much as breaks a fingernail during an arrest.

Ahhh the beginning of the summer riot season?

The first link provided was to entirely the wrong incident. Not sure how i did that but my apologies.

Here is the correct info:

"Protesters call for accountability following release of Grand Rapids police shooting video"

https://www.freep.com/story/ne...-protests/7312459001

Same old story.

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In response to the shooting, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey instituted a moratorium on the request or execution of no-knock warrants in the city.

Well what do you know? I agree with a Democrat on something.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.c...-grand-rapids-video/


BLM Supporter Cocks Pistol, Threatens to Shoot Driver Trying to Pass Through Patrick Lyoya Protest in Grand Rapids



Black Lives Matter thugs on Saturday night were out protesting the officer-involved shooting of Patrick Lyoya, a black man who was fatally shot after violently resisting arrest last week.

As previously reported, various videos of the scene show Lyoya, 26, and another passenger being pulled over in a residential neighborhood.



The officer repeatedly tells Lyoya to “let go of the taser” – shortly after another struggle, the cop shoots Lyoya in the head.

Patrick Lyoya has a long criminal history that includes a conviction for assaulting a pregnant woman in Kentwood, Michigan.

It doesn’t matter that Lyoya resisted arrest and previously assaulted a pregnant woman, BLM is out demanding justice and threatening innocent drivers.

Far-left protesters blocked the street in Grand Rapids and threatened a driver with a gun.

One protester cocked his pistol and threatened to shoot a motorist who was trying to pass through the protest.



Other protesters who were trying to direct traffic, kicked the car and yelled at the motorist as he managed to drive away

That protester who pointed a cocked pistol at a driver should be identified and charged with assault.

flashguy

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That protester who pointed a cocked pistol at a driver should be identified and charged with assault.
flashguy

That protester would have been shot for threatening my life!

The BLM racists are getting out for the midterm run up after a year of being put back in their glass case by their leftist democrat enablers.

^^^ If that's correct (and it sounds right to me, FWIW), then I don't think any shootings at BLM protests are going to work out legally or politically the way BLM idiots might think they will.

Cull the herd.

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The BLM racists are getting out for the midterm run up after a year of being put back in their glass case by their leftist democrat enablers.

I dont think all of them are going to walk away quietly...
No matter who's around in an office ("D" or an "R"), those assholes are always going to make noise. It's all about the "shakedown".

Corrector Mindoro on not walking away quietly, it’s a way of life, con game from top to bottom as shown on tv.

Every time I see the news about robberies, carjackings, shootings, murders, smash & grab. The National news always show blacks. I don’t know if the National News has an agenda just on blacks or are blacks just this way. I’m in West Virginia and rarely ever see blacks. And I mean like never.

Ps. WV= 93.5 white…3.6 black.

BLM.......doesn't that stand for "Buying Lovely Mansions"?

Yeah, that’s what I mean. The impression I get is thievery/crooks. Seems blacks would be on tv mad about this. So many of them poor and their own stiffing them.